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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1965
Page
4
Arkansas can clinch the national college football championship if the bowl games don’t decide it sooner. The piece notes the possibility of Arkansas taking the crown, while a seasonal poem interjects about hope and light during Christmas.
President Johnson faces a looming tax plan amid rising deficits and Viet Nam spending. The administration weighs higher rates, corporate taxes, and possible excise freezes to fund a projected shortfall of 7 to 8 billion dollars in the current year while inflation and borrowing costs rise, signaling a waning political honeymoon as Congress delays tax action.
Commentary urges that federal courts may strike down Alabama’s poll tax and calls for a special legislative session to abolish the tax. The piece notes voting rights now open to most citizens and argues education funding should come from broader taxes, not poll tax revenue. It presses for action before court rulings.
Editorial reaction across Alabama favors TVA building a nuclear or conventional plant near Decatur. Birmingham News notes rising nuclear plant trends, cost estimates around 125 million, and TVA’s pivotal role in Tennessee Valley growth. Brown's Ferry site tests loom as bidders prepare, signaling 50 years of industrial expansion.
President Johnson’s 1964 troop buildup comments loom as Westmoreland seeks 380,000 total troops. Administration assurances clashed with on-ground reality, while public misperceptions grew over the evolving conflict and lack of formal declaration of war.
The piece argues for distinguishing pretend traditions from facts when raising children. It notes a real St Nicholas and warns against equating Santa with God. It urges making Christmas about Christ and using Santa as a symbolic aside, not the main event. It also touches on wartime policy commentary and leadership.
AP notes mark on this date 1965 with Eisenhower advisers opposing land operations in Indo China while JFK era chiefs advise opposite. Headlines recall Wilson signing the Federal Reserve Act in 1913 and Wake Island surrender in 1941 along with other WWII and postwar milestones.
In a column recalling Wally Schirra and wartime calm, a string of WWII anecdotes shows pilots remaining steady under pressure. The piece ends with a bombardier's famous reply, Up periscope, mirroring Schirra's composure during Gemini.
A welfare officer recounted a 13 year old replacing her mother’s contraceptive pills with aspirin at a birth control conference. Author Hugh Mills spun the tale into a short novel Prudence and the Pill, which sold out in a week. Rights have been bought for France and the United States, and a musical adaptation is being explored.
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